Gen 43:11, 1Sa 10:27, 17:18, 25:18, 2Sa 16:1-2, Pro 18:16 | TSK | STEP | If it must be. carry down. a little balm. balm.For an explanation of the words {tzori, nechoth,} and {lot,} here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see on ch. 37:25. {Devash,} honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2 Ch 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, {dabous,} and the honey obtained from them, {dibs,} or {dabs.} {Benanim,} nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. {Shekaidim} is certainly almonds. honey. spices.

‏ Genesis 43:11

If it must be.

14; Es 4:16; Ac 21:14

carry down.

32:13-21; 33:10; 37:25; De 33:14; 1Sa 9:7; 25:27; 1Ki 4:21; 10:25

1Ki 15:19; 2Ki 8:8; 16:8; 20:12; Ps 68:29; 72:10; 76:11; Pr 17:18

Pr 18:16; 19:6; 21:14; Eze 27:17

a little balm.

37:25; Jer 8:22; Eze 27:15

balm.For an explanation of the words {tzori, nechoth,} and {lot,} here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see on ch. 37:25. {Devash,} honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2 Ch 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, {dabous,} and the honey obtained from them, {dibs,} or {dabs.} {Benanim,} nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. {Shekaidim} is certainly almonds.

honey.

Le 20:24

spices.

1Ki 10:15; So 4:10,14-16; 5:1; 8:14

‏ 1 Samuel 10:27

children.

2:12; 11:12; De 13:13; 2Sa 20:1; 2Ch 13:7; Ac 7:35,51,52

brought him.

2Sa 8:2; 1Ki 4:21; 10:25; 2Ch 17:5; Ps 72:10; Mt 2:11

he held his peace. or, he was as though he had been deaf.

Ps 38:13; Isa 36:21; Mt 27:12-14

‏ 1 Samuel 17:18

carry.

16:20

cheeses. Heb. cheeses of milk.

2Sa 17:29; Job 10:10

their thousand. Heb. a thousand. look.

Ge 37:14; Ac 15:36; 1Th 3:5,6

‏ 1 Samuel 25:18

made haste.

34; Nu 16:46-48; Pr 6:4,5; Mt 5:25

took two.The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes.

Ge 32:13-20; 43:11-14; 2Sa 17:28,29; Pr 18:16; 21:14

two bottles.That is, two goatskins' full.

five sheep.Not one sheep to one hundred men.

clusters. Heb. lumps. Raisins dried in the sun.

2Sa 16:1

cakes of figs.Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.

‏ 2 Samuel 16:1-2

1 Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance.

5 At Bahurim Shimei curse David.

9 David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge.

15 Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel.

20 Ahithophel's counsel.

little past.

15:30,32

Ziba.

9:2,9-12

with a couple.

17:27-29; 19:32; 1Sa 17:17,18; 25:18; 1Ch 12:40; Pr 18:16; 29:4,5

summer.These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account.

Jer 40:10,12; Am 8:1; Mic 7:1

a bottle.

1Sa 10:3; 16:20

What meanest.

Ge 21:29; 33:8; Eze 37:18The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood.

15:1; 19:26; Jud 5:10; 10:4

for the young.

1Sa 25:27

that such.

15:23; 17:29; Jud 8:4,5; 1Sa 14:28; Pr 31:6,7

‏ Proverbs 18:16

17:8; 19:6; 21:14; Ge 32:20; 33:10; 43:11; 1Sa 25:27